Berrien County Tobacco Reduction Coalition

Meeting Minutes

Monday, December 10, 2007

Present: Shannon Larry-Burton, Becky Wyre, Kerri Teachout, Jerry Price, Candy Briney, Lisa Peeples-Hurst, Janie Colton, Barbara Alexander

I. Meeting was called to order at 12:15pm by Vice Chair Jerry Price.

II. Review of October 8, 2007 minutes. Candy Briney moved and Kerri Teachout seconded the minutes without corrections.

III. Reports

1. Berrien County Clean Indoor Air Act Regulation

a. St. Joseph Catholic Church in Watervilet and the City of Bridgman

will be receiving a $100.00 fine for continued non-compliance.

Possible media attention.

2. DYTUR Update

a. Lisa Peeples-Hurst attended the regional DYTUR meeting recently.

She received black lights as an incentive to tobacco retailers, which

can be used to identify counterfeit money. Compliance checks will

be done in December. Lisa reported that R.J. Reynolds can

suspend the rights of retailers to sell their product if they are non-

compliant. Lisa will be making contact with the retailers that have

had violations.

3. Smokefree Restaurant Brochure

a. Janie Colton presented the final draft to the coalition for proofing.

BCISD will print 150 of these brochures when the final draft has

been approved. It has been suggested that they be delivered

personally to the restaurants that still allow smoking.

b. Any restaurants that DO go smokefree, please notify Kerri so that

they can be added to the County and State list.

4. Legislative Updates

a. HB 4163 will likely be referred to a Senate committee next

Tuesday after passing through the House last night!

Representatives Proos and Nitz voted yes and no respectively.

b. It was reported that R.J. Reynolds sends information and coupons

to people when they reach 18 years old.

IV. Other

1. Grant Update

a. BCBSM: Lakeshore and Niles High School students who are

involved in the ‘Teens Against Tobacco Use’ program (TATU)

will be trained to be teen mentors/teachers on Dec. 18 & 19.

Shannon and Kerri thanked Jerry Price for his support and

involvement in TATU.

· Janie Colton reported that Lakeshore or Niles have not

participated in the Michigan Model Training, which is also

required for these schools as part of the TATU program. More

follow up to come.

b. Michigan Gateway Community Foundation: $4,000 grant

received to provide smoking cessation to South County residents.

The YMCA of Niles/Buchanan has partnered with us and will be

providing a room for the classes and will also advertise the classes

in their news bulletin. Classes have been scheduled for Jan. 9 –

Feb. 23 and again from March 18 – April 22, 2008.

2. Changes in ALA smoking cessation curriculum.

a. 8 sessions instead of 7 – orientation now a session. Quit Day is

the 4^th week now. Medications strongly encouraged. Addiction

theory added plus more emphasis on dealing with grief.

b. BCHD’s classes lowered to $40.00.

3. Misc. : CAASA’s TIC group is doing a poster push at Watervliet

which is addressing either anti-smoking or anti-drinking.

Next Meeting: Monday January 14, 2008 @12:00 pm at a smoke free

restaurant to be determined – email requests to Kerri, Jerry or Paul.